Activision Blizzard Inc. plans to launch an online service called Call of Duty Elite this fall that will work with the next major edition of the game, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3," and future installments of the hyper-realistic combat-simulation game. In a move industry executives describe as a first, Activision plans to charge a monthly subscription fee for the service, which will provide extra content that isn't offered on game discs sold in stores, including downloadable map packs that give players new "Call of Duty" levels to play.
Activision executives said they haven't yet figured out how much to charge for the service, but they expect the cost to be less than fees for comparable online-entertainment services, such as a $7.99-a-month Netflix Inc. movie subscription. Portions of the service will be free, including features inspired by Facebook Inc. that will let "Call of Duty" players meet for online gun battles with others who share various affiliations and interests.
In an interview, Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said .. players will still be able to compete against each other online without subscribing to the service.
I knew they planned on doing that; it's been talked about for a year or so. I'm actually kind of pissed that it'll be a monthly subscription, though. With all this money Activision is making off of the Call of Duty series, they better have extras that are worth the few dollars a MONTH. Battlefield 3 looks to be a great game, and I'll definitely buy that. I might still buy Modern Warfare 3 at some point if the online is as good as CoD4. I just hope it's polished, glitch free, and unhackable.MW3 will be charging for extra features, least you won't have to pay to play online but fuck Activision, I'll be going with BF3.
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Dere's a bit of truf in dem words. Black Ops wasn't complete crap, but World at War was worse than crap.Treyarch studios = Black Ops = //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif
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Yeah Treyarch isn't the greatest at making CODDere's a bit of truf in dem words. Black Ops wasn't complete crap, but World at War was worse than crap.
ThisI love me some CoD but as a gamer it saddens me all of the big games these days are just rehashes.
Same thing with madden, MLB, fifa, NBA.. etc. They should just charge for an update with current roster or in COD's case.. new guns and shiit..I just watched the gameplay demo...it looks exactly like MW2
I love me some CoD but as a gamer it saddens me all of the big games these days are just rehashes. How many more CoD, Halo, Gears of War, etc games do we need? Honestly, I mean I heard this morning that they're planning on making a new trilogy of Halo games (Halo 4, 5, and 6)...WTF? Do we really need more of the same stuff?